El Plomo Mine, Grape Creek Mining District (Greenhorn Mining District), Fremont County, Colorado, USAi
Regional Level Types | |
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El Plomo Mine | Mine |
Grape Creek Mining District (Greenhorn Mining District) | Mining District |
Fremont County | County |
Colorado | State |
USA | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
38° 23' 20'' North , 105° 20' 37'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
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Nearest Settlements:
Place | Population | Distance |
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Cañon City | 16,400 (2013) | 10.5km |
Lincoln Park | 3,546 (2011) | 11.7km |
Brookside | 246 (2017) | 13.5km |
Rockvale | 498 (2017) | 15.8km |
Williamsburg | 656 (2017) | 16.7km |
Nearest Clubs:
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Club | Location | Distance |
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Canon City Geology Club | Canon City, Colorado | 11km |
Mindat Locality ID:
112966
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:112966:6
GUID (UUID V4):
e77d3205-ec0f-4cf8-acac-8d36efa5ff45
REF:Deposit:: COKER, R. J., 1982, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE ARKANSAS CANYON PLANNING UNIT WITH SPECIAL EMPHASIS ON THE FORMER GRAPE CREEK WILDERNESS STUDY AREAS AND THE MCINTYRE HILLS WILDERNESS STUDY AREA: US BLM MINERAL REPORT, P. 21-24
Deposit:: TAYLOR, R
Commodities (Major) - Copper, Zinc; (Minor) - Silver; (Trace) - Iron
Development Status: Occurrence
Host Rock Unit: Migmatitic Gneiss
Structure: Grape Creek Fault, Ilse Fault, Horseshoe Fault, Northern Wet Mountains, Canon City Embayment, Thirtynine Mile Volcanic Field
Host Rock: Biotite Gneiss
Tectonic Structure: Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mountains)
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